Biology:Great blue skimmer
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Short description: Species of dragonfly
| Great blue skimmer | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Odonata |
| Infraorder: | Anisoptera |
| Family: | Libellulidae |
| Genus: | Libellula |
| Species: | L. vibrans
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| Binomial name | |
| Libellula vibrans Fabricius, 1793 [2]
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| Range of L. vibrans [3][4] | |
The great blue skimmer (Libellula vibrans) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. With a total length of 50 to 63 millimetres (2.0 to 2.5 in), it is one of the largest skimmers. The immature forms of the skimmer are brown in color and mature forms are blue-hued. This species is found near lakes, ponds, and slow streams in the eastern United States[5] and rarely in southern Ontario.[6]
References
- ↑ NatureServe (30 June 2023). "Libellula vibrans". Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.118322/Libellula_vibrans.
- ↑ "Libellula vibrans". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=101904.
- ↑ "Libellula vibrans range map". USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/insects/dfly/usa/389.htm. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
- ↑ "Distribution Viewer". OdonataCentral. http://www.odonatacentral.org/index.php/MapAction.windowed. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
- ↑ Abbott, John C. (2005). Dragonflies and Damselflies of Texas and the South-Central United States. Princeton University Press. p. 277. ISBN 0-691-11364-5.
- ↑ Pratt, Paul D. (July 2014). "Odonata of Essex County, Ontario". Windsor, Ontario: Department of Parks & Facilities. http://www.ojibway.ca/swodonat.htm.
External links
- Libellula vibrans on BugGuide.Net
Wikidata ☰ Q147396 entry
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